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To Tax, Or Not To Tax, That Is The Question: How Will The Government Tackle Its Budgetary Issues This Autumn?
Rachel Reeves is, to put it lightly, in a bit of a pickle over the UK’s finances. At the end of July, the Office for National Statistics...

George Wallace
5 days ago4 min read


Taking the Pip: Starmer’s £5 billion U-turn
It’s Keir Starmer’s one-year anniversary as Prime Minister this week – which is supposed to be Labour’s honeymoon, riding high on a super...

Dan Sillett
Jul 34 min read


The Financial Illiteracy of the Spending Review and Why Spending Needs to Be Cut Now
Britain faces economic Armageddon. And no, Rachel, we do not have a £22 billion black hole, and your reckless spending spree will only...

Ethan Harvey
Jun 169 min read


Starmer’s Standing on a Farage-Shaped Pedestal: The Race to the Bottom
Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage are fighting to be first in a race to the bottom – much like Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur in...

Dan Sillett
May 314 min read


Brexit Reset, Tax on Savers and Winter Fuel U-turn: Starmer’s Weakest Week
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion Keir Starmer has just had his worst week to date. And when you think of all the weak weeks...

Dan Sillett
May 234 min read


Labour’s £15 Billion Black Hole That Nobody’s Talking About
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion Rachel Reeves has plunged Britain into a £15 billion financial black hole. I know what you’re...

Dan Sillett
Apr 254 min read


Will Trump’s Tariffs Work?
Why is the Labour Government relieved  to see Trump impose a 10% tariff on UK exports to the US? One Downing Street adviser  chirped that...

Dan Sillett
Apr 44 min read


What Labour's Growth Obsession means for the Climate
On the 16th of December 2003, the then transport secretary Alistair Darling published a white paper  that made headlines. After years of...

Maya Sgaravato-Grant
Mar 264 min read


Labour’s Growth Dilemma: Policies for Progress or Barriers to Business?
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion In the Labour Party’s manifesto entitled ‘Change’, Keir Starmer declared that kickstarting economic...

George Wallace
Mar 124 min read


Is Starmer Doing A Good Job?
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion Hold onto your hats. This week, I’m going to praise Keir Starmer. Sort of. Before plunging back...

Dan Sillett
Mar 74 min read


Starmer: Trump’s Puppet
Keir Starmer has whacked up defence spending. But by how much is anybody’s guess . Starmer has been parading a £13.4 billion increase...

Dan Sillett
Feb 283 min read


The Forgotten Importance Of Time In Politics
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion You could be forgiven for thinking we were approaching the end of this Labour government’s term in...

Jasper Goddard
Feb 273 min read


Fiscal Rules and the Government’s Ministry of Truth
In today’s political discourse, it seems the only question worth asking the British government is, ‘how will you pay for that? ’ Several...

Andres De Miguel
Feb 135 min read


Skeletons in Labour’s Cupboard: Austerity Looms Over Britain
A government has never been more hypocritical and enraging than Keir Starmer’s Labour government. Promise after promise has been broken....

Dan Sillett
Jan 153 min read


Labour Sentences British Farming to Death
A sea of tweed jackets and flat caps descended on Westminster this week to protest Labour’s new inheritance tax (IHT) policy....

Luke Goddard
Nov 25, 20244 min read


The Government’s Bus Fare Cap Rise is a Step in the Wrong Direction
Beyond the minutiae of policy announcements and elaborate charts, Budgets represent much more. They provide an opportunity for...

Abhay Venkitaraman
Nov 2, 20244 min read


2024 UK Budget: Major Tax Overhauls and Spending Boosts
In the first Labour budget for nearly fifteen years, Chancellor Rachel Reeves outlined a £40 billion tax increase alongside significant...

Europinion
Oct 31, 20244 min read


Labour’s VAT on Private Schools: A Necessary Measure or the Politics of Envy?
On the 13th of June, Labour launched their  manifesto. Alongside core pledges such as the launch of Great British Energy (GB Energy), was...

Awadallah Abdalla
Oct 23, 20243 min read


Are Labour Going to Increase Taxes?
With only two months left of 2024, Spotify Wrapped is just around the corner. I wonder what Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ top song...

Dan Sillett
Oct 11, 20244 min read


With the winter fuel allowance gone, Reeves should abolish free bus passes next
Ending the winter fuel allowance for pensioners has proved to be a very unpopular decision. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is right to have...

Charles Amos
Oct 10, 20243 min read
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